Just looked at my base Windows install at the vm at work and the C:\windows\ folder is 18GB. I guess Win7 is a little fat after years of updates.
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Angus Davidson <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Stefan > > Cleaned the trash/tmp folders, did all the chkdsk, and then ran sysprep. > > I was surprised as well that it was that big. (This is on a volume license > installer - not sure if it makes a difference) > > Kind Regards > > Angus > > > On 2013/08/21 3:38 PM, "Stefan Kubicek" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I don't think there is anything that speaks against Win8 for use in > >render farms, it's still strange you get such a huge image with Win7. > >Maybe there is a hidden hibernation file (always has the size of your > >machines RAM) or excessive paging file that bloats it that much? Did you > >delete files that might have remained on disk after installation? Did you > >clean the trash bin? > > > > > >> Hi All > >> > >> I am looking at imaging our render farm (mac mini's running bootcamp). > >>I have a very nice workflow via win clone pro . I can using Apple Remote > >>Desktop pump out the images as mac packages to any of the mac on the > >>network and it automatically installs bootcamp and the windows therein. > >>(I just need to change the machine name, and activate windows and I am > >>good to go) > >> > >> The only problem I have is that even for the base windows 7 install the > >>uncompressed image is about 20Gigs in size. Add the packages I need on > >>it to render and it grows again. > >> > >> Windows 8 has a much smaller footprint upfront. (8Gigs) > >> > >> Which leads to my question. Has anyone had experience with using a > >>windows 8 based render farm vs a windows 7 one. I must admit I am more > >>comfortable in windows 7, But having a much more optimised image is also > >>a great thing when your doing a lot of deployments. > >> > >> Kind regards > >> > >> Angus > >> > >> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" > >>style="width:100%;"> > >> <tr> > >> <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font > >>face="arial,sans-serif" size="1" color="#999999"><span > >>style="font-size:11px;">This communication is intended for the addressee > >>only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in > >>error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. > >>You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the > >>permission of the University. Only authorised signatories are competent > >>to enter into agreements on behalf of the University and recipients are > >>thus advised that the content of this message may not be legally binding > >>on the University and may contain the personal views and opinions of the > >>author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of The > >>University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between > >>the University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the > >>University agrees in writing to the contrary. </span></font></td> > >> </tr> > >> </table> > >> > > > > > >-- > >--------------------------------------------- > > Stefan Kubicek [email protected] > >--------------------------------------------- > > keyvis digital imagery > > Alfred Feierfeilstraße 3 > > A-2380 Perchtoldsdorf bei Wien > > Phone: +43 (0) 699 12614231 > > www.keyvis.at > >-- This email and its attachments are -- > >-- confidential and for the recipient only -- > > > > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" > style="width:100%;"> > <tr> > <td align="left" style="text-align:justify;"><font face="arial,sans-serif" > size="1" color="#999999"><span style="font-size:11px;">This communication > is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and > destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this > communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the > University and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message > may not be legally binding on the University and may contain the personal > views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and > opinions of The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All > agreements between the University and outsiders are subject to South > African Law unless the University agrees in writing to the contrary. > </span></font></td> > </tr> > </table> > > >
